St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24

Ii invoking the blessings Oh heaven VI
the cause of Nichols. l must thank
you for approving by your presence 10,
day this great cause of truth ana
Justice, and for rallying around the
grand old confederate soldier VINO
bears upon his person the evidences OF
his devotion to his country" MT
McCaleb then proceeded to discuss IN q
vigorous style the issues eft the cam
paign, which he did at some length ana
was frequently warmly aoplauded;
Before closing his speech Mr.. McCaiep
made humorous reference 10
THE BLUE BADGES
worn by some few NcEnery adherents
at the meeting in opposition to the Whlte
badges of the Nichols supporters. lie
remarked that the McEnery men were
looking rather blue and would look
bluer before the end of the campaign
Judge r d. White
was the next speaker and held the at
tention of the audience for nearly an
hour. His address was unprepared, but
was as forcible and effective as his Zach
airy speech. He presented the campaign
issues in a concise and imposing torn,
and made some new points in connection
with the leVee question and other mat-
teIS.
Hon. Charles Parlanse
was called for by the audience and de.
liveted a spirited speech III French, OF
which the following is synopsis: Inc
candidate presented to the people, no
said, bore Il name the synonym or honor
and courage, which occupies nlgh
place in the history Of Louisiana.
4 gainst him calumny is poWerless, De.
! cause ne is enshrined in the hearts OF
Louisanians. This gallant soldier ana
leader of his people is Francis L. Mich
oils. The speaker described the adverse
circumstances under which Governor
Nichols began his administration IN
1877. and the firmness, prudence ana
wisdom with which he conducted his
| party out OF those difficulties into
SECURITY AND FREEDOM.
He spoke of the state convention OF
1878, and it's Endorsement OF Governor
| Nichols administration, and partlcu'
| larly OF his levee policy. The same CON
venlion prepared the way for the con-
stitutional convention of 1879, which
curtailed the terms of the state officers,
| but Governor Nichols, the leader OF
| 1917, went out OF office without muir
mur, and never uttered word with
| the view of retaining himself IN 0fhce
| The speaker contrasted his conducl
| then with the attitude OF Governor
| McEnery ID the present canvass. whose
! endeavOr to secure a third term OF once
is without parallel In the history OF
Louisiana. Mr.. Parlange portrayed INT
dangerous consequences OF satisfying
such ambition, and reviewed the stats
constitutions to show how the sentl
ment of the most distinguished men II
| the state had been
| OPPOSED TO THE FERMENTATION
| of the chief executive IN Office. He helC
| that the article prohibiting q SECOND
! successive term for the governor hat
been omitted from the constitution o,
| 1879 because it was presumed thaI nj
man would be found in Louisiana will
such disregard for the traditions of thu
people, and the principles OF the party
as to seek to keep himself IN the ofllc'
of chief executive for three terms: Ill
saw no reason why Governor McEner!
should be
MADE AN EXCEPTION
to the rule which had controlled all tn
preceding governors of the state. L
he had done his duty as governor tina
was no reason, because other governor
had also been faithful and Jealous. ant
the speaker commended that 1t Wouit
show a low tone of public sentiment l
il should be considered necessary TO VI
olate all presidents in his favor sim
ply because he had done his duty.
Referring to local issues he said II
substance: The principal newspaper o.
the administration side answering
speech hich | made in this campaign
has published d list of nomination
made upon my recommendation.
correspondent of that paper has com
to this parish, and appears to think Ii
has made wonderful discovery Whel
he asceTtalned that
THE POLICE JURORS
of 1880 were appointed on my advice
fail to see how the publication re
ferred to will be of much advantage t
the cause of Governor McEnery. 1t
true that the police jury appointed Il
1880 was probably the best the paris
has had for many years past. L selecse
the nominees | recommended from on
best citizens. and it is true that some
the original members are still! IN office
No attack has been made on the polio
Jury of Pointe Coupee that
know of. but the police jury OF 1880 wa
appointed by Governor Wlltz, not b
Governor McEnery. Since this newsps
per has brought our police jury into tn
discussions before the people, Will ve1
ture to inquire why Governor McEner
failed to appoint two of the genLleme
who had been elected at the
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY,
held in this parish for candidates to /
submitted to him for appointment
the police jury, which primary electlo
sent. Why did he not appoint Messr
, Charles Ell. Lebeau and Jules Labatl
, police Jurors? Doubtless the answs
, will be that Governor Nc Emery appoin
ed two good men. That is SO. But tn;
!, is not the question. The questiC
, is: Did the governor have the right
, nut his personal choice over and aboH
] the choice of the party which made hi
| what he is? Since he obeyed the wish
) of the party in the other wards OF II
{ | parish in which that election was he'll
what right had he to make an exec
| ton in regard to two of our best al
| most worthy citizense In view of tt
fact that the paper referred to has mat
an issue in Point Coupee, l will ask WI
: Governor McEnery did not appoint Il
person who was elected at primal
| election held by the Democrats of til
narish under an order of the centr
committee OF the PARISH for candidat
L to be submitted to the governor? v
: know very well that Quinn and Dldi
ran in this parish at Democratic pl
. mary Tor
3 RECOMMENDATION AS ASSESSOR,
8 and that the governor did not appol
y either. The administration papers Ca
= not make us believe that the appoin
: menJ of police jurors in Polnte Coup
+ are the only ones upon which TINS q
y cnssion ia to turn. We know the
are MANY appointments outside of ?
+ lice jurors which are within the gift
i the governor.
( The next topic discussed by Mr.; Pa
h LANCE was the levee question. He
q planned the provisions of law reiatl
a TO the levees, and showed that the d
4 ties of the governor were simply exc
= utory and that there was no gre
It merit in carrying ont the provisions
h law. He said that during the four yea
e ending in April, 1856. the state ADMIN
y tration had spent ons the levees abe
= q aoo non ard during the saIna nari